Following the path downhill

Following the path downhill one emerges at the foot of Stocker Road by the junction with Rennes Drive. Opposite the bed of thyme surrounding the road nameplate, the footpath leads back towards Cornwall House, past the sentinel-like Lombardy Poplars (Populus nigra italica, introduced into England in 1758) on one side and the broad leafed Bean trees (Catalpa ovata, a Chinese species introduced into England in 1849) on the other.

372kb	Sophora tetraptera. The New Zealand ‘Kowhai’ which was introduced into England in 1772. The photograph was taken during May. Several Sophora have been planted in the grounds including thise of Lafrowda Flats.
388kb	A view of the Lafrowda Flats peeping above the trees which are growing in the Higher Hoopern Valley.

Passing to the right of Cornwall House the final stage of the route takes in the shrub beds leading back to the swimming pool and Lafrowda Flats where our journey ends.